U.S. Stocks Poised to Fall as Russia Continues Ukraine Onslaught

U.S. stocks were poised for further volatility, as investors sought to make sense of the potentially far-reaching implications of war in Ukraine for individual companies and the wider economy.

Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.7% Friday, a day after the benchmark index capped a wild trading session by closing 1.5% higher, as investors piled into growth and technology stocks. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5% and those for the technology-focused Nasdaq-100 lost 1.4% Friday. Futures pared steeper losses in European trading hours.